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- Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Monaco Predictions: Hosts to Make Fast Start
- Olympique Lyonnais average 3 goals per game at home – Olympique Lyonnais to Win @ — 7/5 Betway
- Olympique Lyonnais scored first in 6 of last 8 games – Olympique Lyonnais to Score First @ — 5/6 Betfred
Match Preview
Finding ways to turn draws into victories will be occupying the mind of Olympique Lyonnais’ coach Bruno Génésio. His side have been held to a stalemate twice at home and twice away from home in eight French Ligue 1 games. They currently sit eighth in the table, despite just one loss to their name.
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AS Monaco are six places and six points above the hosts, chasing leaders Paris Saint-Germain. They are three points behind PSG, having lost just once themselves. Leonardo Jardim’s side come into this on the back of being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Montpelier.
Our Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Monaco preview and French soccer predictions suggest that the hosts are over-priced to down the visitors, given their good record against them. We also outline in the Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Monaco predictions that the fast-starting Lyon side have scored first in six of their last eight games and that AS Monaco captain Radamel Falcao is leading by example, with 12 goals in eight games. The former Manchester United star has netted at least once in seven of them.
Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Monaco and Betting Advice
There is not much wrong with Olympique Lyonnais. Outside of the top two, they have scored more Ligue 1 goals than anyone with 17 and their sole defeat was a 2-0 reverse at title favourites PSG. With left-footed, attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir netting five times and striker Mariano Diaz netting six times, the issue is not attacking – it is finding a solution to plug a leaky defence that has shipped 13 goals, including nine in a trio of 3-3 draws.
AS Monaco have been stingier but they have still conceded in five of their eight games and while their road form has seen them record three wins, they were thumped 4-0 by Nice just a month ago. Looking at the soccer odds, AS Monaco are slight favourites to win this clash in some places and slight underdogs in others. Olympique Lyonnais have a decent record against the visitors, who have won just three of their last 16 Ligue 1 meetings.
Allied to the fact that the hosts have been scoring an average of three goals per game at home, our Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Monaco betting tips concludes that Génésio’s side have an edge. While the Draw No Bet is a tempting and viable option at a shade of odds-on, it would be folly if we did not take the odds offered by Betway for a home win.
A recent collaboration between the CIES Football Observatory and InStat dug up some interesting data on European football’s top leagues. In 758 Ligue 1 matches between September 2015 and August 2017, the average goals tally per game was 2.61, yet that was a lowly 16th behind Switzerland’s top league (3.16).
The data highlights teams in Ligue 1 are a little tighter at the back than most top European leagues. Yet Olympique Lyonnais and AS Monaco play an expansive brand and have the money to buy at the top end of the market. Perhaps buying a defender or two might not go amiss, as between them they are conceding an average of 1.375 goals per game.
While seven of the last eight meetings has seen both sides score, the skinny odds reflect that trend, so we look to the hosts and their scoring record, both this season and historically against AS Monaco. Olympique Lyonnais have scored first in six of their eight games and for them, the best form of defence appears to be playing to their strengths, by attacking.
At the current odds, selecting the hosts to net first is one of the more attractive Olympique Lyonnais vs AS Monaco bets. Betfred is the place to go for the best price in this market.
